R: GSW to liver

[Peter]

I think that the placement of a stent  does nothing to improve drainage in
this case, but is an invasive procedure with a possibility of increasing the
risk of infection. The biliary output will decrease spontaneously.
Peter

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org [mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org]
Per conto di Tchaka Shepherd
Inviato: lunedì 31 dicembre 2007 6.27
A: Trauma & Critical Care mailing list
Oggetto: RE: GSW to liver



If the patient remains stable. ERCP with stent placement should provide a
path of least resistance and significantly decrease your drain output.
Isolated liver injuries with hemodynamic stability infrequently need
operative intervention.



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> From: jamac at pacific.net.ph
> To: trauma-list at trauma.org
> Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 18:17:25 +0800
> Subject: Re: GSW to liver
> 
> Dr. Thompson,
> I will also take the patient to the OR. Seeing the extent of his injury, I
> will place a balloon tamponade and drain.
> Thanks.
> Joel U. Macalino, MD
> Philippines
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Errington Thompson 
> To: 'Trauma & Critical Care mailing list' 
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 1:06 PM
> Subject: GSW to liver
> 
> 
> I have a couple of questions on a recent case.  30 yo male was too drunk
to
> have a gun but had one nonetheless.  He shot himself in the right upper
> quadrant.  He was stable, awake and talking in the ER.  Entrance wound
> easily seen just under the ribs and just lateral to the mid-clavicular
line.
> The bullet was palpable just under the skin at about the 12th rib.  No
SOB.
> 
> 
> 1) CT or not CT scan.  IF you do scan the patient and see a thru and thru
> wound the liver, can you just watch him?
> 
> I take the patient to the OR.  He indeed has a thru and thru GSW to the
> liver.  The wounds are not really bleeding.  There is no bile oozing from
> either wound.
> 
> 2) Drain or no drain?
> 
> The patient develops an ileus and bile peritonitis.  He is percutaneously
> drained.  On day 5 with his drain output still over 300 cc per day the
> character of the drainage changes to a dark green.  CT scan revealed an
> abscess posterior to the liver.  Percutaneous drainage was performed.
> Enterococcus in the fluid.  Antibiotics were started.  Antiobiotics
stopped
> after 7 days.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Errington C. Thompson, MD, FACS, FCCM
> Trauma/Surgical Critical Care
> Mission Hospital
> Asheville, NC
> Author - A Letter to America
> www.whereistheoutrage.net
> 
> 
> Everyone deserves to make an informed decision
> - Errington Thompson, MD
> 
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